I do like him, but I wish he would stop doing that loud fake laugh thing. Irritating.

Unbearably smug? Are you sure you're not thinking of Slate's Culture Gabfest? Every week I find myself wanting to strangle them, but every week I find myself listening to another episode.

Hard-hearted harbinger of haggis.

Thought Andrew Rannells (from Book of Mormon) did a great job as the bitchy ex-boyfriend. That scene had me laughing out loud and I love the way it ended - "You are NOT going to get the last word" "nice seeing you. You're Dad's gay."

I was thinking the exact same thing - at first I was very impressed, then I started wondering if there wasn't some kind of movie magic going on - other than just the green eyes. I would love to know if there was some CGI work done here - would they really go to that trouble?

Indeed - the Pied Piper story helps weave everything together. The film has so many examples of great scriptwriting. What stands out in my  memory is how the bus crash is handled - never leaving the father's perspective, and then the contrast of this event with the way the story of Zoe's near death as a child is…

Others have cited great examples but I think a list of great book-to-film adaptations would be incomplete without The Sweet Hereafter. I seem to recall that Russell Banks was part of a DVD commentary and obviously felt the film made smart choices while retaining the spirit of his book.

It's telling that this review is written by publisher Jann Wenner - seems likely he stepped in to write the review himself for his pal to avoid having to tell one of his writers how to spin it. Just ask Jim DiRogatis what happens when you are honest about a Hootie and the Blowfish album.

I agree - both with your point about the difference in a/v quality and the fact that this doesn't seem to get talked about very much. As TVs get larger and less expensive, the differences will become more apparent to more people I suppose. If you have a nice setup, you want to get the most out of it, and one look at…

Just wanted to add that Time Warner and Comcast also do not allow HBO Go on Roku boxes. Wee.

I'm not a proponent of piracy, but sometimes media companies and providers do make it frustrating for consumers, setting up an adversarial relationship. I noticed this week that my Samsung Smart TV finally got an HBO Go app. Nice, right? Unfortunately my provider is Time Warner and they will not enable the app on the…

Look out Dean Pelton! Looks like you have incurred the wrath of Angelina!  http://www.suntimes.com/ent…

Alas, I am not triple platinum. Not even on YouTube. Hey I went to see BNL way back when they played a small club in my town, as well as Moxy. I'm not too cool for them, nor did I intend to speak ill of anyone - just making the comparison that in some circles goofiness is frowned upon.
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I often do the same thing you are describing, but do you think with the emergence of services like Spotify that YouTube will continue to be the place to go for this? YouTube often will only have the singles released as videos, live (often crappy) versions, but with Spotify you have a better chance of hearing the…

Walk Off The Earth do seem gimmicky, like some of their fellow Canadian bands of the '90's like Moxy Fruvous and BNL. They are also getting some flak for lip sinking the cover in the viral video while clearly trying to look like it's live with mics in the shot, but I say all the power to them - whatever it takes to…

Good point - The Gregory Brothers are a group that have the musical chops to perform a live show. Everything they do is so intentionally goofy like an Internet version of The Monkees - yet they produce everything themselves. I am curious to know how well they are able to generate revenue from their ads, ITunes, app…

So the premise of this gag is that the song Wichita Lineman written by Jimmy Webb objectively sucks? Hmmm. Love Newsradio, Dave Foley, Phil Hartman, Stephen Root, etc. - but I would never defeatedly admit something that just aint so.

Gitjo? That stands to reason - she was only strumming like she does on the guitar. Love how she was wearing it all low slung - like Joan Jett on the banjo.

Caught that as well. I was going to say I hope they are embarrassed by their behavior getting caught on network tv, but I'm guessing they think it's the best thing that ever happened to them. Reminds me of Louis CK asking the audience at the Beacon Theater show not to tweet or text and just "live your life." Way to be…

@avclub-aa13379de5ab83d16cd1c4fb5f6bc9e1:disqus  nice! (Sorry can't reply directly to your post) - one of my favorite KITH sketches. "I'm nurturing!"